Lithuania and the Council of Europe Accession Lithuania became the 28th member State of the Council of Europe on 14 May 1993.

Committee of Ministers
- Vygaudas UŠACKAS, Foreign Minister
- Gediminas SERKSNYS, Ambassador, Permanent Representative to the Council of Europe since October 2008.

Parliamentary Assembly
Lithuania is represented in the Parliamentary Assembly by a delegation of 4 representatives and 4 substitutes, including:
- Emanuelis ZINGERIS (EPP/CD), head of the delegation.
- Egidijus VAREIKIS (EPP/CD), thid Vice-Chairperson of the Committee on Rules of Procedure, Immunities and Institutional Affairs.

Congress of Local and Regional Authorities
Lithuania is represented in the Congress by a delegation of 4 representatives and 4 substitutes, including:
- Gintautas GEGUZINSKAS (EPP/CD), Pasvalys District, head of the delegation.

Budget
The Council of Europe's ordinary budget for 2009 is € 205 002 000. The contribution of Lithuania is € 423 534.13 (i.e. 0.2066 %).

Human Rights
Ratification of the European Convention on Human Rights on 20 June 1995.
- Judge at the European Human Rights Court: Danutė JOČIENĖ.
- Applications allocated to a decision body (*) in 2008 : 255
- Judgments in 2008: 13 of which 11 violations and 2 non-violations
(*) Do not include applications which are at the pre-judicial stage (incomplete case file)

Council of Europe Treaties
To date, Lithuania has ratified and signed the following treaties

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Updated : 10.03.2009